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 Salt Lake City Fire Department Explores More Efficient 9-1-1 Delivery Models
Q&A with Ty Shepherd, Program Coordinator
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"The Salt Lake City Fire Department (SLCFD) is implementing a Community Healthcare Program in Salt Lake City. The program aims to assist patients who tend to use 9-1-1 emergency services as their primary source of healthcare. The program offers three alternatives for care that will ultimately reduce healthcare costs and meet patient needs." Read more...
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Tell Us Your Story
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You've heard from us, now we want to hear from you! What activities or interventions related to care transitions are you and your team currently working on that might help others in their work? Are there lessons you have learned along the way - both successes and failures - from your work with patients, family members, or providers that you are willing to share?
Please email us and briefly describe in a few sentences your care transitions story.
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Potentially Avoidable 3-Day Hospital Readmissions in Medical Patients
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Jacques Donze, MD, MSc; Drahomir Aujesky, MD, MSc; Deborah Williams, MHA; Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH
"Hospital readmissions are common and costly. Recent studies estimated a 30-day readmission rate in the United States of 18%; among Medicare beneficiaries, readmissions are estimated to cost $17 billion annually. Because at least some hospital readmissions may be avoidable, readmission rates are now used for benchmarking across hospitals, with financial penalties for hospitals with high risk-adjusted rates." Read more...
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New AHRQ Facebook Pages Help Your Patients Navigate Treatment Options
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AHRQ's Effective Health Care (EHC) Program is pleased to announce the launch of two new Facebook pages to help your patients find unbiased information on treatment options and share these online resources with family and friends. The pages feature sections on diabetes; heart conditions; mental health; muscle, bone, and joint conditions; women's health; and men's health, as well as links to EHC summaries for consumers on additional conditions. |
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About Our Work
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This information is provided by HealthInsight, a private, non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to improving health and health care. HealthInsight serves as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization in Utah and leads an initiative to improve care coordination and reduce hospital readmissions across settings of care.
To learn more about us, visit our website:
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Sincerely,
Larry Garrett, HealthInsight
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| National Events | |
"Shining Stars
Across the Nation"
Webinar Series
Presented by
CFMC, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Colorado
When?
2nd & 4th Thursdays
1-2 PM MT
Who?
QIOs, healthcare providers, partners, HHS, and consumers
Register
For information:
Call 866-639-0744
Visit Qualitynet Website
(Password:Community)
View PDF of schedule
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Learning & Action Network: Discovery Learning Series
When?
2nd & 4th Wednesdays
3-4 PM (ET)
Who?
Healthcare Providers, partners & supporters
For more information, please visit the events section on www.healthinsight.org
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Offers Continuing Education for Physicians & Nurses
For more information, please visit www.CareAboutYourCare.org
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